$1m reward to help solve Sydney boy's death

Arthur Haines, 13, was staying at a friend's house in Sydney's Waterloo when a fire ripped through the home.

A reward to help find the person who killed a Sydney boy in a house fire has been boosted from $100,000 to $1 million.

Arthur Haines was staying at a friend's house in Waterloo on April 9, 1998, when it was set alight.

The 13-year-old suffered severe burns in the blaze.

The teenager was taken to The Children's Hospital at Westmead and died 11 weeks later.

Julie Szabo, the mother of Arthur Haines, who died in a house fire in 1998, holds a picture of her son.

Today is the 21st anniversary of Arthur's passing.

Despite exhaustive investigations by officers attached to South Sydney Police Area Command, no one has ever been charged.

The matter underwent a formal review and in January this year the case was referred to detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad to re-investigate under Strike Force Belemba II.

No one has ever been charged.

Police said the case was referred in January for re-investigation by homicide squad detectives.

To assist with the investigation, the NSW Government has increased the $100,000 reward to $1 million.



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